The USS Mount Whitney is a Blue Ridge class command ship that serves as the flagship of the Sixth Fleet and command ship for the Commander Joint Command Lisbon and Commander Striking Force NATO. She was laid down in 1969 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Virginia and is named for Mount Whitney, the highest summit in the contiguous United States.

2. The USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) is a Blue Ridge class command ship of the US Navy; it is the flagship of
the Sixth Fleet. She is also the command and control ship for the Commander Joint Command Lisbon and the
Commander Striking Force NATO. She had previously served for years as the COMSTRIKFLTLANT(NATO
Designation) / Second Fleet's command ship.
She was classified as the LCC-20 on 1 January 1969, and she was laid down on 8 January by Newport News
Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia.
The ship is named for Mount Whitney, a peak in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. Mount
Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m).
PICTURES OF USSMW IN VIKTORLENACshipyardd.d. undergoingascheduledmaintenance overhaul:
The main HSE adviser for USSMW is Dragutin Šuker (HSE adviser/supervisor)